The airlines were selected for flights to Karpathos and other destinations after an open competition by the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transportation and Networks. The airlines will have service obligations from the period of April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2012.
Athens Airways will have flights from Athens to Karpathos.
Olympic Air will have the flights from Rhodes to Karpathos, Kassos and Sitia.
The Ministry announced that in the open public tender competition no airline had filed an objection and the total annual compensation to be paid by the Greek State to the airlines for all 24 destinations is 22,077,810 Euros.
